Discovery Box2 Peter 2:18 
Context2:18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words 1 they are able to entice, 2 with fleshly desires and with debauchery, 3 people 4 who have just escaped 5 from those who reside in error. 6
2 Peter 3:17
Context3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, 7 be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men 8 and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. 9
1 tn Grk “high-sounding words of futility.”
2 tn Grk “they entice.”
3 tn Grk “with the lusts of the flesh, with debauchery.”
4 tn Grk “those.”
5 tn Or “those who are barely escaping.”
6 tn Or “deceit.”
7 tn Grk “knowing beforehand.”
8 tn Or “lawless ones.”
sn These unprincipled men. The same word is used in 2:7, suggesting further that the heretics in view in chapter 3 are the false teachers of chapter 2.
9 tn Grk “fall from your firmness.”
